Robert Rafsky enrolled at Harvard College in the fall of 1963.
14 Facts About Robert Rafsky
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Robert Rafsky was expelled for academic reasons but was later readmitted in 1964 and later became the managing editor of The Harvard Crimson.
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Robert Rafsky worked as a teacher after graduation, but ultimately pursued more lucrative careers.
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Robert Rafsky became involved with ACT UP in 1987 after his diagnosis with AIDS.
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Robert Rafsky later became the chief spokesperson of ACT UP, assisting the organization to gain prominent national coverage.
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Additionally, in 1992 Robert Rafsky delivered a speech titled "Bury Me Furiously" at the funeral of fellow ACT UP member Mark Fisher.
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Robert Rafsky was an active member of the Treatment Action Group.
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Peter Staley said that Robert Rafsky was "enormously influential" in one-to-one interactions.
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Robert Rafsky wrote personal essays about AIDS for The New York Times, The Village Voice, New York Daily News, OutWeek, and QW.
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Robert Rafsky was writing a book comprising letters to his daughter at the time of his death.
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Robert Rafsky was married to Babette Krolik and had a daughter named Sara.
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Robert Rafsky came out in 1985 and later divorced his wife, sharing joint custody of their daughter.
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Robert Rafsky died of AIDS-related complications on February 21,1993, at the New York University Medical Center.
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Robert Rafsky's role with ACT UP was a focal part of the 2012 documentary How to Survive a Plague.